It was the extended club mix version of “New Sensation”, the very first record I'd ever spun in a nightclub...I was eighteen years old.
I was the first DJ to debut it at that club and that moment of MY first song debut as a DJ is forever a moment I will cherish.
Since “The One Thing” I've consumed the music of Michael and INXS. After seeing Michael's mystical on-camera performances in videos like “Need You Tonight” and “Never Tear Us Apart”, I wanted to BE Michael Hutchence.
After the masses had ventured on to new groups and grunge was rearing its ugly head, I happily felt like I'd become a member of a more exclusive club as a true fan of the group, continuing to follow Michael and the guys through every journey they decided to embark on with each new album release.
I was fortunate to be granted an interview with Gary (GREAT guy, thanks again Gary) on their “Full Moon, Dirty Hearts” tour. During that show I was able to photograph the band (especially Michael) up close. I will never forget that experience.
On July 22nd, 1997 I was the only authorized photographer at the INXS show at the Paramount Theater in Denver Colorado. It was the last show of their “Elegantly Wasted” U.S. tour. I was lucky enough to capture Michael in black & white and color. The only shots of Michael's last U.S. performance are now framed in my home.
I remember where I was when I heard it...it came over the radio as breaking news on Alice 106FM in Denver on a snowy November night. I was driving and had to pull over when it finally hit me. “God no...please God no” were the only words I could utter through tears. The man whose words and voice could put me in a better mood, no matter how bad life was; the man who I could sing with and sound almost exactly alike; my idol... my “Elvis” and the first superstar I'd ever photographed ...was gone.
Every 22nd of November is a tough day for me. I listen to INXS - “Live Baby Live” (live album) for most of the day and flip through my photos of him and the band...and I miss him.
Thank you Michael for your gift to me and the rest of the world. You will always be my Elvis...Elegant - but not wasted, for your voice lives forever.
I was the first DJ to debut it at that club and that moment of MY first song debut as a DJ is forever a moment I will cherish.
Since “The One Thing” I've consumed the music of Michael and INXS. After seeing Michael's mystical on-camera performances in videos like “Need You Tonight” and “Never Tear Us Apart”, I wanted to BE Michael Hutchence.
After the masses had ventured on to new groups and grunge was rearing its ugly head, I happily felt like I'd become a member of a more exclusive club as a true fan of the group, continuing to follow Michael and the guys through every journey they decided to embark on with each new album release.
I was fortunate to be granted an interview with Gary (GREAT guy, thanks again Gary) on their “Full Moon, Dirty Hearts” tour. During that show I was able to photograph the band (especially Michael) up close. I will never forget that experience.
On July 22nd, 1997 I was the only authorized photographer at the INXS show at the Paramount Theater in Denver Colorado. It was the last show of their “Elegantly Wasted” U.S. tour. I was lucky enough to capture Michael in black & white and color. The only shots of Michael's last U.S. performance are now framed in my home.
I remember where I was when I heard it...it came over the radio as breaking news on Alice 106FM in Denver on a snowy November night. I was driving and had to pull over when it finally hit me. “God no...please God no” were the only words I could utter through tears. The man whose words and voice could put me in a better mood, no matter how bad life was; the man who I could sing with and sound almost exactly alike; my idol... my “Elvis” and the first superstar I'd ever photographed ...was gone.
Every 22nd of November is a tough day for me. I listen to INXS - “Live Baby Live” (live album) for most of the day and flip through my photos of him and the band...and I miss him.
Thank you Michael for your gift to me and the rest of the world. You will always be my Elvis...Elegant - but not wasted, for your voice lives forever.